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Pitt Basketball's Guillermo Diaz-Graham Makes Spanish National Team

Guillermo will stay overseas while his brother Jorge heads back to Pittsburgh to continue workouts with the Panthers.
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Pitt Basketball's Guillermo Diaz-Graham Makes Spanish National Team
Pitt Basketball's Guillermo Diaz-Graham Makes Spanish National Team

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PITTSBURGH -- A pair of fresh-face Pitt Panthers took a detour from their first college workouts this summer. Jorge and Guillermo Diaz-Graham traveled to Spain this month and tried out for the Spanish U20 national team. Just one of the twins - Guillermo - made the cut, according to a report from George Michalowski of Pittsburgh Sports Now. 

Yesterday, the Spanish U20 scrimmaged their U22 counterparts. Guillermo played extensively, while Jorge didn't - a hint of the decision that was to come. 

Guillermo will now turn his attention to the upcoming U20 FIBA European Championships. They take place from July 16-24 in Montenegro. 

Guillermo has experience playing on the international stage. He averaged 11 points on 56% shooting, 5.6 rebounds and three blocks over five games - each of which he started - for the Spanish team at the 2021 FIBA U18 Tournament. 

Almost a third of the whole 2022-23 Pitt roster will have spent time in Europe and played against international competition by the end of this summer. In addition to the Diaz-Graham twins, teammates William Jeffress and Nate Santos spent a few days in Greece playing for USA East Coast Basketball against some Greek professional teams and John Hugley 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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